Sebastian's New Sister

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Sebastian’s <strong>New</strong> <strong>Sister</strong> Page 16 Talkthrough Does Ruby know how to play hide-and-seek How do you know What are the characters going to do now 16 After reading Being a meaning maker Encourage the children to support their responses with evidence from the book as they discuss these comprehension questions: What game does Sebastian try to teach Ruby Why doesn’t Sebastian think Ruby can play at the start of the book Is he right Is Ruby too young to play the games that Sebastian likes What other games might Ruby be able to play
Being a code breaker Explore the following language features: • Words that rhyme with ‘play’: bay, day, gay, hay, lay, may, pay, ray, say, stay, tray, way. • Punctuation: explore the use of quotation marks, question marks and exclamation marks to support expressive reading. Being a text user Refer to the text when discussing these questions: What kind of book is this Is it fact or fiction Would many children have had the same kind of experience as Sebastian Would this add to their enjoyment of the book Being a text critic What does the author think about brothers and sisters Are all big brothers like Sebastian Responding to text Ask the children to make a map of Sebastian’s backyard showing all the places that Sebastian and Isabella looked for Ruby. The children could complete a word substitution activity using sections of the text. After the activity they could discuss whether their changes alter the meaning of the text and whether their new version makes sense. Ask the children to look through this book and other familiar texts and find words the authors have used instead of ‘said’. Writing Select a sentence from the text that includes ‘said’ and ask the children to suggest other words that could fit. They could then work in pairs through a number of other sentences that include ‘said’, providing an alternative that may make each sentence more interesting. Assessment Can the children: • explain who is talking and how this is indicated in the text • read the text fluently and expressively whole text activity sentence activity word activity
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